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Identity theft: 2100 block of La Cañada Crest Drive. A woman reported receiving in the mail a Disney Visa card she hadn’t requested. The card listed her married name on it, though she’d recently changed her surname back to her maiden name. She contacted the credit card company to cancel the fraudulent account.

Dec. 4

Assault with a deadly weapon, vehicle: 4700 block of Lasheart Drive. A man told deputies that around 12:33 p.m. that day, he was nearly run over by a white Toyota Tundra pickup truck driven by a man he’d hired to do stucco work at his residence in March and was trying to sue. The man explained...

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Identity theft: 2100 block of La Cañada Crest Drive. A woman reported receiving in the mail a Disney Visa card she hadn’t requested. The card listed her married name on it, though she’d recently changed her surname back to her maiden name. She...

If you buy a new Nissan, you can tell Amazon’s Alexa to unlock the car before you leave the house.
That’s nice.
If you buy a new Ford, you sit behind the wheel and tell Alexa to order diapers or ask about the weather.
That’s nice, too.
But those...

It’s a given that your pet has a chip designed to reunite you with your furry friend in case he or she goes missing. But sometimes that isn’t enough — such as if your pet goes missing in the middle of the night.
That’s where new pet technology comes...

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Two years ago, Apple Inc. executives made the case that anyone with an iPhone would be better off also owning the company’s new smartwatch.
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Saturday after Saturday, my long run was the same routine.
I had managed to turn what is actually a gorgeous run — Santa Rosa Road in east Ventura County — into a rather joyless exercise that always boiled down to cold, hard numbers.
How many miles?...

Published in Los Angeles Times on February 06, 2016 — Print headline: "The pleasures of the long run - GETTING OUT"

Shares of Fitbit Inc. climbed nearly 4% after the fitness-tracking device maker saw its first sign of strong Christmas sales.
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Race leader Chris...

As the Tour de France drew near, Jonathan Vaughters was still poring over power outputs and training results, trying to determine the nine riders that he would send to represent Cannondale-Garmin at the start line in the Dutch city of Utrecht.
Andrew...

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Your editorial regarding Google and Garmin GPS systems routing tourists away from the Hollywood sign is remiss, ignoring the basic role of government: public safety. ("Routing people away from the Hollywood sign is the wrong path," Editorial, Nov. 28)
...

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